207.27 - EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES.
207.27 EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICES.
In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices
or to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial,
agricultural, residential, or public use including recreational
facilities, the division with approval by the secretary may authorize
departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the
environmental protection performance standards promulgated under
sections 207.7 and 207.20 if the experimental practices are
potentially as environmentally protective, during and after mining
operations, as those required by promulgated standards, the mining
operations approved for particular land use or other purposes are not
larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness
and economic feasibility of the experimental practices, and the
experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded public
health and safety below that provided by promulgated standards. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 83.27] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 207.27